With the Rockets' No. 16 show Shin Kyung returning from injury, in the past 4 games, the team's offseason signing of new signings Tess has been abandoned again, of course, Tess still maintains a very professional attitude, he did not express dissatisfaction with not being able to play.
The Rockets' abandonment of Theiss isn't that he's not doing well, it's just that the Rockets need to make more playing time for them to develop young players now. However, if from the perspective of team reconstruction, Theis's role in the Rockets is actually greater than Wood's, he is more willing to coach young players, and he is more willing to do dirty work on the court, which Wood can't do, but Theis's biggest disadvantage compared to Wood is that on the offensive end, he doesn't have the ability to open up space like Wood, especially the team's coach Silas is a coach who likes to use 5out tactics, which requires that the players who are present have the ability to shoot outside. Therefore, Silas can only choose to let Wood play the role of the core interior of the team.
Then there is only one way out for Theiss, and that is to be traded. As the trade day deadline approaches, the Rockets' inside player has also seen more trade rumors in the NBA market, according to Michael Scotto, the Hornets, Raptors and Bulls are currently willing to add a substitute center, Tess is one of them, but the Bulls can't get Tess this season, other teams can, and the Green Army has already inquired about Tess. It can be seen that Theis is still very popular in the trading market, of course, for these teams to get Theis is not an easy task, this season the Rockets and Theis signed a 4-year 35.6 million contract renewal, this season's annual salary of 8.3 million, the most important thing is that Theis contract also has a 15% trading margin, which makes the team that wants to get him also think about three points.
In order to be able to get Theth out of hand smoothly, the Rockets' general manager Stone also lowered the asking price for him, according to the Rockets reporter Fagan report: The Rockets currently want to make what they think is the most reasonable deal, not the best offer they get, the Rockets will not use all the chips for draft picks, for draft picks or potential players, the Rockets are more focused on quality than quantity. The simple understanding is that you hurry up and trade with me, only the right price can complete the transaction immediately, of course, this is not only for Theis, like Gordon, Nuwaba, Augustine and others are also the same.
The reason why the Rockets are so anxious to deal with these veterans of the team now has two purposes, the first is naturally to free up more playing time for the team's young players, they are the future of the team; the second is more important, the Rockets have won too much now, so far the team's record is 14 wins and 34 losses, ranking first in the West and third from the bottom in the league. The most ideal position for the Rockets is to maintain the bottom three of the league, so the probability of getting a sign is 14%, but recently the Thunder are swooping all the way, their record is 14 wins and 33 losses, and the Rockets have a record advantage against the Thunder, in the same case of the win and loss field, the Thunder ranks lower, so in order to keep the bottom three positions of the league, they can only lose more games.